Tuesday 21 April Albany

Having a look at the weather report there appeared to be a few rainy days ahead so we decided we would head onto David and Libby’s house at Walpole rather than camp at Albany. We have been very lucky with the weather as the only rain we’ve had so far was on the first night of the trip.
We stopped in at Albany to do the sights. Wandered around Princess Fort which was the site of the defence bunkers and ammunition depots used to protect Albany during WW2. Hard to imagine anyone coming this far south to attack Australia?? Great views of the bay and the kids enjoyed climbing on the military equipment. Had a picnic and then drove on to Whaleworld just outside Albany at Frenchman’s Bay. Whaleworld is at the site of the last whaling station to close in Australia in the 1970’s. It was very informative and had lots of things for the kids to see and climb including a whale chasing boat. We spent a few hours there and learned lots about whaling and the history of whaling in Australia. There was a skeleton of a blue whale that was immense at 31 metres.
Just as the rain started to fall, we hopped into the car and headed onto Walpole thanking our lucky stars that we didn’t have to set up tents. Arrived at Walpole in the early evening and had a great night sleep in real beds!